Genetta tigrina (Schreber, 1776)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 346-347

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Genetta tigrina (Schreber, 1776) View in CoL . Die Säugethiere, 3(17):pl. 115 [1776]; text, 3(25):425 [1777].

TYPE LOCALITY: "von dem Vorgebirge der guten Hofnug" [ South Africa, Cape Prov., Cape of Good Hope] .

DISTRIBUTION: From the Cape of Good Hope to S Natal ( South Africa), Lesotho, and Orange Free State.

SYNONYMS: methi Roberts, 1948.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Genetta . May be conspecific with maculata ; see Crawford-Cabral (1966), Pringle (1977), Ansell (1978), Schlawe (1981), and Meester et al. (1986).